French Judges Probe War Crimes Complaint Against Israeli ...
The case follows a complaint by French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were among seven civilians killed in the Beirut bombing.
- On Tuesday, the Paris Judicial Court appointed two investigating judges to open a war crimes probe into an Israeli strike on a residential building in Beirut, a lawyer told AFP.
- Seven civilians, including the parents of French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, aged 87 and 77, were killed in the bombing of their 12-storey apartment building in central Beirut on November 26, 2024.
- According to the complaint, the strike occurred "just a few hours before the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect," citing research by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture.
- Cherri filed the complaint with the International Federation for Human Rights this year, and lawyer Clemence Bectarte hailed the court's appointment of judges as "a first" in pursuing accountability.
- France's National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office is simultaneously investigating separate war crimes allegations regarding Israeli forces' interception of humanitarian flotillas bound for Gaza in 2025 and 2026.
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The French judiciary began an investigation into the suspected commission of a war crime by the Israeli army during a raid on a residential building in Beirut in late 2024, which killed seven civilians, including the parents of a French Lebanese artist.
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Amnesty International IrelandFrance/Lebanon: Opening of war crimes investigation into deadly Israeli strike is a critical step towards justice, truth and reparation
Responding to the news that the French War Crimes Unit has opened a judicial investigation into a deadly November 2024 Israeli strike on a civilian building in central Beirut, following a legal complaint filed by French-Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri and the International Federation for Human Rights, Amnesty International’s Regional Director Heba Morayef said: […]
A judicial investigation has been launched in France into a complaint related to alleged war crimes in the 2024 Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon, lawyer Clemence Bectarte told AFP on Tuesday.
Ali Seri lost his parents in an Israeli bombing in Beirut in late 2024 and succeeded in launching a judicial investigation in Paris
French judges open war crimes probe into Israeli strike that killed seven in Beirut
French judges open war crimes probe into Israeli strike that killed seven in Beirut Submitted by MEE and agencies on Tue, 11/03/2026 - 11:10 The investigation follows a complaint by Franco-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents and five other civilians were killed in a November 2024 strike on a residential building A resident carries a birdcage past a building destroyed by Israeli bombing in Beirut’s southern suburb of Shiyah, following a c…
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